AAL Policy Workshop in Brussels on 25-26 September 2008
The Joint AAL Association / AALIANCE Workshop on Ambient Assisted Living Policy in Europe (co-organised with the European Commission) has been held in Brussels on 25-26 September 2008.
More than 80 representatives from industry, research, academia and funding institutions from Europe and
beyond took part and actively contributed
to the discussions at the Management Centre Europe in the heart of Brussels. During the two-day event in four working groups related to
- Older people at home
- Aging in Society
- Aging at Work
- AAL Community building
the neccessary steps to
establish a comprehensive vision of the R&D and policy needs
for ambient assisted living technologies were
discussed and first strategies towards
this aim were proposed. Due to the large interest in the workshop
it is planned to conduct follow-up events
in the near future.
The complete
programme, all presentations and the participants list of the workshop
are now available on this website.
